A familiar face is in left field, hitting third — and hitting a home run in the fourth inning — for the first game of today’s doubleheader.

Logan Morrison – who is in the same spot he was in the night he was sent to time out by the Marlins.
And to realize what a fruitless exercise it appears to have been for the Marlins to demote the team’s second leading home run hitter and third leading RBI man 11 days ago, just listen to Morrison as he stood in the clubhouse trying to make sense of his exile to Class AAA New Orleans.

When asked if he has talked to anybody in the organization since the demotion, Morrison said, “I haven’t talked to anybody. I didn’t really care.”

When asked why he believes he was send down, Morrison said, “I have no idea.”

When asked how he will change, Morrison said, “I’ll be the same person.”

When asked what was accomplished by him being in New Orleans for 10 days, Morrison said, “I don’t know.”

When asked to describe his relationship with the organization, Morrison said, “I’m the baseball player and they provide the uniform.”

One other thing. On Tuesday Morrison tweeted his return about an hour before the start of the game against the Reds, saying “6pm flight to FLL. The Boogeyman is back!”

The post, though, disappeared a few hours later. Morrison said it was his decision _ not an order – to remove the post realizing that it may have been a bit insensitive considering somebody was either going to get sent down or released to make room for his return.

Dewayne Wise was designated for assignment.

Nunez hurt by changeup

Leo Nunez has blown three saves since Aug. 12. He has allowed six runs in 1.2 innings in his last two outings, which has resulted in his ERA jumping almost a full point, to 4.63.

Manager Jack McKeon was asked what is wrong with his closer.

“I wish I knew,” he said. “He’s done a pretty good job of the year. The last two times out I don’t know what happened to him.”

McKeon said Nunez has been getting hurt with his changeup. He said Dave Sappelt could not get around on Nunez’s fastball in the ninth inning on Tuesday before Nunez threw a changeup and Sappelt tied the game with a two-run double.

The Reds scored four runs in the inning for an 8-6 victory.

Nunez is not available today. McKeon said he would use Edward Mujica or Steve Cishek in save situations.